Bradley Heads Veterans Affairs In Peace Time Role
Washington dispatch profiles Omar Nelson Bradley as Veterans Administration head who handles about 18 million living veterans and a 1946 budget of nearly 4.8 billion. He receives about 11.3 million letters 1.8 million visits and 743000 calls monthly from veterans seeking information while tackling insurance and pension provisions.
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Washington
Omar Nelson Bradley
United States
Bradley
America
Corn Cob Treatment Makes Bearings Roll
The humble corn cob, once a waste byproduct, becomes vital for SKF Industries. Ground corn cobs absorb moisture and resist acids that corrode polished steel, aiding drying, clearing, and polishing of bearing components at a rate of over 48,000 pounds annually.
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Philadelphia
SKF
20000 Crows Killed in Oklahoma Roost Blast
In Durant Oklahoma a crow roost near Eagle Lake was destroyed by 145 bombs set off at 8 50 p m killing between 15000 and 20000 crows and crippling many more Ranger crews under Bill Gaines coordinated the blast Farmers in the area had long suffered crop losses to crows and finished off wounded birds with clubs in a large grove used as the roost. the event created a loud deafening explosion and spread a black mass across the ground.
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Durant
Okla
Eagle Lake
Bryan County
State Fish and Game Department
Bill Gaines
Oklahoma City
Fish Charging For Chores at A and M
Bryan Daily Eagle reports Texas A and M seniors bar red from ordering freshmen to clean rooms and run errands have formed written and verbal contracts with "fish" to do chores at 40 cents per hour. A notary public in College Station reportedly witnessed one contract. Others consulted lawyers about the binding nature of written versus oral contracts.
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Bryan
Bryan Daily Eagle
Texas A. & M. College
The
Daily Eagle
College Station
Ace Trump Might Have Been Fatal
In Los Angeles, Mrs. Winnifred Warke testified that her husband Alfred Warke enraged her by calling her a fool and trumping her ace in a card game. Superior Judge Charles S. Burnell granted her divorce, remarking she was lucky not in the morgue, noting some view trumping an ace as potentially deadly.
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Los Angeles
Winnifred Warke
Charles S. Burnell
Alfred Warke
I Give You Texas by Boyce House sage remark
A column blends humor and political notes about sage in sausage and tax debates, recounting Grover Sellers as attorney general and a governor bid, plus vaudeville puns and quips from Chal Herry on Texas life and personality tests.
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Sellers
Bill McCraw
Bill
Chal Herry
Texas
Tax Delinquent Land Foreclosure In Grayson County
State of Texas and Grayson County sue Zoel Watson and unknown heirs for Lot 5 and West 40 feet of Lot 6, Block 16, O T P to Gunter. Delinquent taxes total 42.32 state and 38.67 county. Suit filed to condemn and foreclose, judgment and sale sought. Hearing set for March 24, 1947 at Sherman District Court.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Zoel Watson
Gunter
Commissioners Court
District Court
Grayson County
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Texas once had two governors in 1874 standoff
Georgia's legislative clash mirrored in Texas as Gov. Edmund J. Davis refused to recognize the popular vote and Coke supporters seized control upstairs. The Legislature met January 13 1874 with two governments contending in the capitol while Davis relinquished after U S attorney general and President Grant backed the Coke victory 95 549 to 42 633.
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Georgia
Texas
Edmund J. Davis
Richard Coke
McLean County
Capitol
Davis
Coke
Travis Rifles
United States Attorney General
Grant
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Telay
B.F. Goodrich Farm
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Goodrich
Boyce House
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Arcadia, Calif
Voice of Safety
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